Republicans for the Rule of Law

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Republicans for the Rule of Law is the principal initiative of the

impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.[1]

Group

The group describes itself as "life-long Republicans dedicated to defending the institutions of our republic and upholding the

U.S. Solicitor General under Ronald Reagan, Wendell Willkie II, grandson of 1940 Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie[6] and Chris Truax, the group's spokesman. Former Republican U.S. Senator Slade Gorton of Washington state also served on the group's board.[7]

Ad campaign

As the movement to

Jennifer Rubin calls the ads "devastating" to Trump's credibility.[9]

Affiliated organizations

In 2020, the organization launched

Republican Voters Against Trump for the 2020 U.S. presidential election cycle.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "These Republicans May Not Endorse an Impeachment Inquiry. But They Aren't Saying No". New York Times. 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ Rubin, Jennifer (11 April 2018). "Just in time: A new Republican group seeks to protect Mueller". Washington Post.
  3. ^ "Meet the Other Resistance: The Republican One". New York Times. 24 April 2019.
  4. ^ Calley Hair, Republican group calls on Herrera Beutler to 'stand up for the rule of law', The Columbian (October 11, 2019).
  5. ^ a b c d Amanda Becker (18 October 2019). "Republican group slams Trump over Ukraine, G7 in new ads". Reuters.
  6. ^ Jon Sharman, Trump impeachment: Republican group urges GOP senators to take trial seriously, Independent (December 19, 2019).
  7. ^ Danny Westneat, Republicans around here are now complete lambs to Trump. Except for one., Seattle Times (April 27, 2019).
  8. ^ "Campaign Ad: Republicans for the Rule of Law ad pressures GOP to condemn Trump for Ukraine call". McClatchy. 27 September 2019.
  9. ^ a b Rubin, Jennifer (10 October 2019). "The perfect argument against Trump comes from Lindsey Graham". Washington Post.
  10. ^ "GOP Group to Air Advertisements on Fox News Calling for Republicans to Condemn Trump Over Ukraine Scandal". Newsweek. 7 October 2019.
  11. ^ Warren, Michael (May 28, 2020). "New GOP group launches $10 million campaign to get Republicans to vote for Biden over Trump". CNN. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  12. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved May 28, 2020.